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i'm gwen ifill. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said there will be no "quick decision" on the future of the middle east peace talks. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, middle east analysts david mckovsky and ghaith al omari assess the situation after the israeli government let a moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank lapse. >> ifill: then ray suarez leads a debate about a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to extend wiretapping to online communications. >> brown: we talk to laura tyson, president clinton's chief economic adviser, the third in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax cuts. >> ifill: special correspondent ben barnier reports on the french government's controversial decision to deport gypsies to romania and bulgaria. the rona deportations have been happening quietly for years, they became a hot button political issue when one was killed at a political check point. >> brown: margaret warner gets the details on the
i'm gwen ifill. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said there will be no "quick decision" on the future of the middle east peace talks. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, middle east analysts david mckovsky and ghaith al omari assess the situation after the israeli government let a moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank lapse. >> ifill: then ray suarez leads a debate about a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to extend...
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gwen: they did behave well. but they did not agree. >> the solution to that is to put that on the shelf and to start over with a blank piece of paper. >> the gaps in my judgment are not that great. gwen: honest differences of opinion or rank partisanship? >> both of us during the campaign promised change in washington. >> let me just make this point, john. because we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. gwen: one almost certain casualty, bipartisanship. but is ere room for cross-party cooperation on another key issue? >> the yeas are 70. the nays are 28. gwen: the senate passes a jobs bill. and one of the world's most powerful businessmen receives a congressional scolding. >> if the camry and prius were airplanes, they would be grounded. gwen: trouble at toyota. covering the week, karen tumulty of "time" magazine. john dickerson of "slate" magazine. and cbs news. naftali bendavid of "the wall street journal." and david shepardson of "the detroit news." >>' ward winn
gwen: they did behave well. but they did not agree. >> the solution to that is to put that on the shelf and to start over with a blank piece of paper. >> the gaps in my judgment are not that great. gwen: honest differences of opinion or rank partisanship? >> both of us during the campaign promised change in washington. >> let me just make this point, john. because we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. gwen: one...
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but gwen is here with the weather forecast. >> we can talk to gwen, we love to talk with gwen the way things look right now. >> oh, yeah, because i have a great forecast. we've had fantastic weather. we can't complain about the sunshine so far this weekend. nice ridge of high pressure building in across the area. absolutely fantastic. take a look at everybody outside now. it is just a beautiful, plenty of people out there down by the cherry blossom festival, enjoying the great weather. so a sunny and pleasant day today and temperatures nice as well. we're heading to the 70s, well above seasonal. and as far as the rest of the week is concerned, more sunshine. what more can i give you that you wouldn't want to complain about. but by the end of the week is when the changes will come in and that's when we can possibly see some unsettled weather so we'll watch that closely. in the meantime, here is our temperatures from yesterday. 66 degrees at national. 67 at dulles and 63 at baltimore. temperatures pretty close to seasonal. the 90s that we had, that was not seasonal but this is where we
but gwen is here with the weather forecast. >> we can talk to gwen, we love to talk with gwen the way things look right now. >> oh, yeah, because i have a great forecast. we've had fantastic weather. we can't complain about the sunshine so far this weekend. nice ridge of high pressure building in across the area. absolutely fantastic. take a look at everybody outside now. it is just a beautiful, plenty of people out there down by the cherry blossom festival, enjoying the great...
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>> there is actually quite a lot of concern, gwen. in fact, that's probably the major concern because really what we're looking at is a very closely fought race in which it's not clear who is going to emerge the winner. but what is clear is that whoever it is doesn't have the power to actually form a government by themselves. that means we're looking at weeks if not several months of jockeying for position and bargaining to actually form a government. and that's really what a lot of u.s. as well as iraqi officials are worried about. what happens in between? in between the time that this parliament actually phases out and the new one is set to come in. there are safeguards that have been put in place. certainly it's a worry as to who actually holds the reins of power and what happens if there's an emergency. >> ifill: going back to violence we talked about earlier what was the scale of these election day attacks? were they meant to destabilize or was it just random? >> they were really baffling. anyone who has spent any amount of time
>> there is actually quite a lot of concern, gwen. in fact, that's probably the major concern because really what we're looking at is a very closely fought race in which it's not clear who is going to emerge the winner. but what is clear is that whoever it is doesn't have the power to actually form a government by themselves. that means we're looking at weeks if not several months of jockeying for position and bargaining to actually form a government. and that's really what a lot of u.s....
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remember, gwen, up until very recently, really up until the g.d.p. numbers were recalculated we were still talking about a recovery in much more glowing terms. we were still talking about unemployment as a lagging indicator. now the language has changed. the tone has changed. the white house itself has... is singing a very different tune because it's now clear there's no fundamental recovery. there are improvements but it's all painfully slow as the president himself acknowledged. >> ifill: and you believe they should be spending more money in order to overcome this rather than thinking about ways of cutting the amount of money that's going out the door with the deficit in mind. >> not just more money. it's really... we didn't have the sense of urgency that we had about saving wall street. you know, the famous weekend when everybody came together and they basically said "we can not afford to threat financial system collapse. we throw everything against the wall and see what works." we never did that. we never did things like a payroll tax holiday, th
remember, gwen, up until very recently, really up until the g.d.p. numbers were recalculated we were still talking about a recovery in much more glowing terms. we were still talking about unemployment as a lagging indicator. now the language has changed. the tone has changed. the white house itself has... is singing a very different tune because it's now clear there's no fundamental recovery. there are improvements but it's all painfully slow as the president himself acknowledged. >>...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll get a preview from white house advisor david axelrod. and analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: toyota halts sales and production of some leading models-- judy woodruff reports. >> ifill: then, lawmakers had tough questions today for treasury secretary timothy geithner and his predecessor henry paulson about the bailout for insurance giant a.i.g. kwame holman covers today's congressional hearing. >> why shouldn't we ask for your resignation as secretary of the treasury? >> that is your right, that is your right to that opinion. >> lehrer: a paul solman take on the federal reserve, as the fed held interest rates at a record low with a little country music help. >> ♪ the fed is printing trillions now, but will their ♪ efforts work? >> ifill: and margaret warner talks to ray suarez in haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are still in need of food and shelter. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major fund
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll get a preview from white house advisor david axelrod. and analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: toyota halts sales and production of some leading models-- judy woodruff reports. >> ifill: then, lawmakers had tough questions today for treasury secretary timothy geithner and his predecessor henry paulson about the bailout for insurance giant a.i.g. kwame holman covers today's...
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thanks, gwen. good to with you. >> ifi: we've heard so many times the next speech th president is goingo give, whatever it is, ishe speech of a litime. at makes tonight different? >> well, younow, that is what washington does every spee. it becomes a speech ofhe lifeti. doubt it's an important speech a it's an important speech because aricans have been through a very diffult time and there looking for a sense of what the future wl hold. the present is going to talk about where we've been andhere we're ing and how we create jobs in this country that pay we, see wages grow, and secure the middle class ain after this very difficult peri we've beenhrough. >> ifill: the president is pected to call for a the-year spending-- freeze on some domestic spending, d, yet also for an increase in educion spending. hodo you balance all that out? >> just likeny family or busiss does, gwen. evybody in hard times has to ke chces. you have to priotize. you have to do withouthe things you can dwithout in order to p for
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gwen? >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict we add theas tir deaths e made official and phographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll interview former president bill clinton about politics 2010, and his annual philanthropy summit. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. - aptioning sponsored by acneil/lehrer productions - aptioned byxú edia access group at wgbh ccess.wgbh.org
gwen? >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict we add theas tir deaths e made official and phographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll interview former president bill clinton about politics 2010, and his annual philanthropy summit. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, scientists and lawmakers have new worries about the spill's long-term effects, including undersea damage. we have a newsmaker interview with jane lubchenco, head of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. >> lehrer: then, we review today's supreme court decisions, including one that teenagers cannot be locked up for life. ray suarez talks with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: we get the latest on the battle between two republicans for a senate seat in kentucky from joseph gerth of the "louisville courier." i won't vote for any budget that's not bald, republican or democrat. >> and i want to be a part of the solution. and whether it's doing it over a couple of years, i think that a more practical approach. >> lehrer: and judy woodruff looks at iran's agreement to ship uranium to turkey, and possibly avoid international sanctions. that's all ahead, on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: t
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, scientists and lawmakers have new worries about the spill's long-term effects, including undersea damage. we have a newsmaker interview with jane lubchenco, head of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. >> lehrer: then, we review today's supreme court decisions, including one that teenagers cannot be locked up for life. ray suarez talks with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill:...
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i'm gwen ifill. in a flurry of public debate and private negotiation today, the senate moved toward action on the start nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the movement on start comes after a weekend of votes on capitol hill. we recap what happened, and assess where things stand. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines the challenges ahead as the u.s. military prepares to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time. >> brown: ray suarez begins a series of reports from havana. tonight, the push for economic reform in cuba. >> suarez: in advance of next spring's communist party congress, the country is buzzing about what shape reform might take. what will the next cuba look like? >> ifill: and we talk to white house health reform director nancy-ann deparle and virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli on whether americans can be forced to pay for health coverage. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding
i'm gwen ifill. in a flurry of public debate and private negotiation today, the senate moved toward action on the start nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the movement on start comes after a weekend of votes on capitol hill. we recap what happened, and assess where things stand. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines the challenges ahead as the u.s. military prepares to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the...
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>> i don't know, gwen. the people who are following it very closest and are closest to it don't know. so i don't know. i think it's a real jump ball. the clothe you're vote tomorrow will be very telling. if they get in the low 60s, it wouldn't surprise me if there's not an ultimate vote on ratification at all. if it's upper 60s, 70, that shows they probably have the votes and it will go to ratification. >> ifill: who are the moving parts, cynthia, about this issue in particular? then we'll move on to the larger issue. is it politics or policy in your opinion? >> it's the politics, gwen. it's the politics of pet lance. that's what we're seeing here. many republicans are annoyed that the president seems to be racking up so many victories in this lame duck session. the policy issues that were legitimate have largely been dealt with. republicans have been complaining for months that there was not enough money to modernize our nuclear arsenal. the president is now committed tens of billions, far more than george
>> i don't know, gwen. the people who are following it very closest and are closest to it don't know. so i don't know. i think it's a real jump ball. the clothe you're vote tomorrow will be very telling. if they get in the low 60s, it wouldn't surprise me if there's not an ultimate vote on ratification at all. if it's upper 60s, 70, that shows they probably have the votes and it will go to ratification. >> ifill: who are the moving parts, cynthia, about this issue in particular?...
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. >> lrer: and gwen ifill talks to biogrher joan biskupic about supreme court stice anton scalia. >> hsays i read text, i read the conitutional, i'm an originast, i do not let my religus views come in. and i don't t any other personaliews come in. >> lehrer: that's all ahead tonight's pbs nehour. major funding for e pbs newshour is providedy: >> what makes us an engine f e economy? plants across america. nearly 200,000 jobs create we see beyond cars. >> cvron. this is thpower of human energy. >> were intel, sponsors of tomorrow. the national science fouation. supporti education and rearch across all fields of science and engiering. and with the ongoingupport of these stitutions and foundations. and... this program was me possible by the corporation for public broadcastin and by contributio to your pbs statn from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: t official story of how the airline bo plot eluded u.s. security was ma public day, and at the white house, president obama orded changes in t handling of information on potential threats the report said the gornment had sufficient iorm
. >> lrer: and gwen ifill talks to biogrher joan biskupic about supreme court stice anton scalia. >> hsays i read text, i read the conitutional, i'm an originast, i do not let my religus views come in. and i don't t any other personaliews come in. >> lehrer: that's all ahead tonight's pbs nehour. major funding for e pbs newshour is providedy: >> what makes us an engine f e economy? plants across america. nearly 200,000 jobs create we see beyond cars. >> cvron. this...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight-- in a war of words, ahmadinejad accused the u.s. of creating instability there, while gates said tehran is appealing to both kabul and the taliban. >> lehrer: then, the terrorist charges against the american woman who calls herself jihad jane. >> ifill: the administration escalates its criticism of the health insurance industry. >> over the last year, we've seen tens of millions of dollars by the insurance industry spent on ads and lobbyists to help kill health reform. >> lehrer: we'll have a debate between the insurance industry and one of its leading critics. >> ifill: ray suarez looks at the challenges facing haiti's government, as its president visits washington. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown reports on climate science under fire. >> ifill: and kwame holman reports on the hundreds of world war two pots-- all of them women-- honored at the capitol today. >> we were never in there for the glory. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight-- in a war of words, ahmadinejad accused the u.s. of creating instability there, while gates said tehran is appealing to both kabul and the taliban. >> lehrer: then, the terrorist charges against the american woman who calls herself jihad jane. >> ifill: the administration escalates its criticism of the health insurance industry. >> over the last year, we've seen tens of millions of dollars by the...
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gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. >> liz: before we go, i managed to mispronounce carol marin's last name in our segment and i actually knew better. my apologies. on thursday, judy woodruff reports on the california senate race where democratic incumbent barbara boxer is battling former hewlett packard chief carly fiorina. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i want to design... >> a better solar cell. >> i want to know what's really possible. >> i want to be the first to cure cancer. >> people don't really understand why things work. >> i want to be that person that finds out why. >> innovative young minds taki
gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. >> liz: before we go, i managed to mispronounce carol marin's last name in our segment and i actually knew better. my apologies. on thursday, judy woodruff reports on the california senate race where democratic incumbent barbara boxer is battling former hewlett packard chief carly fiorina. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good...
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gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. >> liz: before we go, i managed to mispronounce carol marin's last name in our segment and i actually knew better. my apologies. on thursday, judy woodruff reports on the california senate race where democratic incumbent he baett packard chief carly fiorina. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i want to design... >> a better solar cell. >> i want to know what's really possible. >> i want to be the first to cure cancer. >> people don't really understand why things work. >> i want to be that person that finds out why. >> innovative young minds taking on tomorrow's toughest challe
gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. >> liz: before we go, i managed to mispronounce carol marin's last name in our segment and i actually knew better. my apologies. on thursday, judy woodruff reports on the california senate race where democratic incumbent he baett packard chief carly fiorina. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs...
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what's going on. >> suarez: gwen, about half of all the flights in europe were canceled today. some 14,000 out of about 27,500 but some airports are starting to show a glimmer of light. paris is running at 30% capacity. amsterdam is running out some flights. frankfurt is running flights at low altitude until they clear european air space. denmark is handling long-haul flights only. and not domestic flights. but just before air time tonight, the british government announced it was allowing heathrow to reopen. one of the biggest and busiest airports in the world. and though it does take a while for a place this big, this complicated to lurch back into life, it will not be the place that i just wandered through empty corridors in a few minutes ago to get here to talk to you. staff is starting to arrive. people are waking up in the various corners in nooks and crannies where they've been sleeping out for days and starting to head to airport counters to ask about flights and when they might actually get out of britain. >> ifill: it's probably too much to talk about normalcy but afte
what's going on. >> suarez: gwen, about half of all the flights in europe were canceled today. some 14,000 out of about 27,500 but some airports are starting to show a glimmer of light. paris is running at 30% capacity. amsterdam is running out some flights. frankfurt is running flights at low altitude until they clear european air space. denmark is handling long-haul flights only. and not domestic flights. but just before air time tonight, the british government announced it was allowing...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, ray suarez reports from the state capitol in phoenix. and we explore the national fallout. >> lehrer: then judy woodruff takes an extended look at pakistan. she talks to pakistan's u.s. ambassador about the airliner crash that killed 152 people, and she examines u.s./pakistani relations after the leak of thousands of secret military documents. >> ifill: we ask environmental engineer nancy kinner to track what's happened to the oil in the water. 100 days after the gulf disaster. >> lehrer: and spencer michels tells the story of a one-man mission to help clean up the oil in louisiana. >> a private individual has taken it upon himself to try to protect the barrier islands in the gulf of mexico. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that zero emission technologies to breathing a little easier, while taking 4.6 million truckloads off the road every year. bnsf, the engine
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i'm gwen ifill. b.p. agreed today to set aside at least $20 billion dollars to pay damages caused by the gulf oil spill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: the chairman of the company apologized to the american people for the disaster. after he and others met with the president at the white house. we interview one person who was at that meeting. b.p.'s managing director, bob dudley. >> ifill: and we assess the political fallout from the continuing crisis with cynthia tucker, michael gerson and ellen fitzpatrick. >> woodruff: then, a report about a project aimed at moving from fossil fuels to wind energy just south of the u-s mexico border. >> ifill: and a second mexico story ... an update on the drug violence which has killed hundreds in the last week ... and thousands in the last four years ...ray suarez reports >> plus jeffrey brown tells the story of tap dance great maurice hines passing the torch and tradition to a new generation >> ifill: that's all ahead... on tonight's n
i'm gwen ifill. b.p. agreed today to set aside at least $20 billion dollars to pay damages caused by the gulf oil spill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: the chairman of the company apologized to the american people for the disaster. after he and others met with the president at the white house. we interview one person who was at that meeting. b.p.'s managing director, bob dudley. >> ifill: and we assess the political fallout from the...
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i'm gwen ifill. campaigns from coast to coast swing into high gear, with eight days left before the midterm elections. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, political editor david chalian sets the scene for this last week of campaigning. >> ifill: then paul solman looks at what happens when a government program to help homeowners misses its mark. >> it's a nightmare, just ryiong to get a simple answer. >> brown: and binyamin appelbaum of the "new york times" has the latest on the investigation into the foreclosure mess. >> ifill: margaret warner delves into what we've learned about the iraq war from the latest trove of secret documents exposed by the web site wikileaks. >> brown: ray suarez previews his series of global health unit reports from mozambique. >> ifill: and producer/director judd apatow talks about his high success rate with low comedy. >> we're all kingd if idiot kids trying to act like we know what we're doing. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major
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>> well, gwen, there are some echots here. first of all, we have a democratic candidate who, like the democratic candidate in massachusetts, may need a bit of a charisma transplant. if he wins the primary, he is not the most exciting candidate. on the other hand, mark kirk is a... in some respects the democrats' worst nightmare. you have a very moderate republican, a person who is pro-choice, who has a d-rating from the national rifle association, so he's anti-gun. he has got a strong rating from the human rights coalition in terms of gay issues. he's voted for cap-and-trade. so it's going to be very difficult for any democratic candidate to paint him as a far right person. and i think that creates here in illinois a blue state not quite as blue as massachusetts but certainly a blue state. it's a republican who has the best chance of winning of beating a democrat. >> ifill: in a state where barack obama was so recently the senator and where there is some residual affection for the president, one presumes, why isn't this seat a
>> well, gwen, there are some echots here. first of all, we have a democratic candidate who, like the democratic candidate in massachusetts, may need a bit of a charisma transplant. if he wins the primary, he is not the most exciting candidate. on the other hand, mark kirk is a... in some respects the democrats' worst nightmare. you have a very moderate republican, a person who is pro-choice, who has a d-rating from the national rifle association, so he's anti-gun. he has got a strong...